Kurasu Kyoto V60

A base all-rounder recipe from Kurasu's Kyoto café, aimed at producing a clean cup for home brewers.

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What you’ll need

12g

“12g Grind Coffee”

the creator said this · ingredients list

Coffee

200g

“12g coffee to 200g of water (60g/litre)”

the creator said this · Step 4

Water

1:16.7

Ratio

94°C

“92-96 degrees is the sweet spot”

the creator said this · Step 2; midpoint of stated range taken as single value

Temperature

2:00

“The brewing process should be completed within 2 minutes or so”

the creator said this · Step 6; approximate upper bound stated by creator

Brew time

medium-fine

Hario V60 dripper

we worked this out · a conical paper recipe transfers to other conical paper drippers; the method has no features specific to V60 geometry alone

Grind (estimated)

Grind: Around EK43: 7 Fine-medium grind

Designed on: Hario V60 dripper, ceramic
“Hario V60 dripper”
the creator said this · equipment list at top of recipe
Works with: conical paper dripper
Hario V60 dripper
we worked this out · a conical paper recipe transfers to other conical paper drippers; the method has no features specific to V60 geometry alone

Brewing a different amount?

grams

Makes 200g

Water in the brewer over time, drawn from the recipe.

0:00

0:00pour to 25gbloom pour into a small hole dug in the groundsyou have 30s
0:30pour to 110gsecond pour at the 30-second mark once bloom has subsidedyou have 1:00
1:30pour to 200gfinal pour to reach full water weight, roughly one minute after previous pour
↳stirlight stir after final pour to reduce harshness

Weights are cumulative: what the scale reads when that pour finishes.

Filter: paper
“Paper filter (rinse before use)”
the creator said this · equipment list
Filter rinsed first: Yes
“Place the conical filter in your cone and give it a quick rinse to get rid of any papery flavours that may be there”
the creator said this · Step 1
Kettle: pouring kettle
“Pouring kettle”
the creator said this · equipment list
Agitation: light stir after final pour
“give it a light stir to ged rid of any harshness”
the creator said this · Step 6

Style: clarity
“this should work as a allrounder to achieve a clean cup for your home brew”
the creator said this · introduction paragraph
Suits: light, medium, dark roasts
“We work around adjusting grind sizes and ratios depending on the beans and roast type, but this should work as a allrounder”
the creator said this · introduction paragraph; creator describes it as an all-rounder across roast types

This recipe is Kurasu Kyoto’s. We have written out the numbers and linked to where they published it.